Splendorlex
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While every club in my bag is inconsistent, none of them are as glaringly inconsistent as the big stick. I can slice it to high heaven, pull it dead left when trying to correct for the slice, duff it, whiff it, hit it thin, fat, you name it. To make matters worse, the few times I do hit it fairly straight and the right general direction, my distance with it isn't doing me any favors. (I'd guess I hit it as far as 280 just once, one out of 10 "good" shots will top 240 or so.)
What often happens is that I flail around with it so much that I finally retire it for the day, and just hit my Adams 3H hole after hole, which I hit straight MUCH more consistently, even if it does only max out around 210ish.
So is putting the driver away just avoiding the problem, or is it smart golf? I've realized recently that one of the best ways to cut my scores down on the course is to quit trying to make shots that I have little chance of making. Sure, I have a 1 in 30 chance of hitting it just right under or through that tree, and I have a 1 in 40 chance of carrying the water hazard should I hit this shot perfect, but chances are I'll just dig myself deeper.
So have any of you retired the big stick at any point? Does anyone stay away from the "D" competely?
What often happens is that I flail around with it so much that I finally retire it for the day, and just hit my Adams 3H hole after hole, which I hit straight MUCH more consistently, even if it does only max out around 210ish.
So is putting the driver away just avoiding the problem, or is it smart golf? I've realized recently that one of the best ways to cut my scores down on the course is to quit trying to make shots that I have little chance of making. Sure, I have a 1 in 30 chance of hitting it just right under or through that tree, and I have a 1 in 40 chance of carrying the water hazard should I hit this shot perfect, but chances are I'll just dig myself deeper.
So have any of you retired the big stick at any point? Does anyone stay away from the "D" competely?